12-letter words containing f, e, m, d
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
- final demand — the last in a series of requests for payment of money owed, which usually contains a threat of legal action if the demand is ignored
- fire-damaged — damaged by fire or in a fire
- fixed system — a system of solmization which assigns the names ut (or do), re, mi, fa, sol, la, si (or ti) to the degrees of the major scale of C
- fixed-income — gaining or yielding a more or less uniform rate of income.
- flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flood damage — damage to property caused by floodwater
- flummadiddle — A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England.
- foamed metal — a uniform foamlike metal structure produced when hydrogen bubbles are evolved from metal hydrides uniformly dispersed throughout a host metal or metal alloy: used as a structural material because of its shock-absorbing properties and light weight.
- forced march — any march that is longer than troops are accustomed to and maintained at a faster pace than usual, generally undertaken for a particular objective under emergency conditions.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- forebodement — The act of foreboding.
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
- freedom food — (in Britain) food that is produced by farmers conforming to the guidelines for humane farming set by the Freedom Food programme set up by the RSPCA in conjunction with some major supermarkets
- freedom ride — (especially in the 1960s) a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by persons engaging in efforts to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
- from day one — from the very beginning
- full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
- fund manager — A fund manager is someone whose job involves investing the money contained in a fund, for example, a mutual fund, on behalf of another person or organization.
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- ill-informed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- indemnifying — Present participle of indemnify.
- inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- make friends — get to know people
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- married life — living as sb's spouse
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs.
- misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
- misspecified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.